The Bismarck Tribune, March 09, 1920
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-PIONEER WOMAN OF EARLY DAYS ANSWERS CALL-
Mrs. Marie Louise Van Solen, Famous Throughout Northwest, Is Dead
-WAS SAVIOUR OF WHITES-
Influence With Indians Always Used in Times of Stress For Good.
Mrs. Marie Louise Picotte Van Solen, one of the most influential pioneer women of the northwest and one who played an important part in writing the early history of Dakota territory passed away at a local hospital at 3 this morning after an extended illness.
The deceased was born in what later became Dakota territory in 1831, her maiden name being Marie Picotte, and her father being one of the first Frenchmen to establish a permanent home in the upper Missouri valley. All of her life was spent in the Dakota country, where in her early womanhood she married G. L. Van Solen, one of the prominent frontiersmen of the early days, with whom for many years she made her home on the princely Parkin ranch. upon which the town of Solen is now located.
Mrs. Solen came from a heroic race of woman in whose veins flowed the blood of both the old and the new lords of the land, and she was related to the Galpins, Parkins and Harmons, about whose life in the early days of the conquest of the upper Missouri so much romantic lore has come down to present generations.
At the Parkin ranch, whose cattle grazed over a territory as large as an old-world kingdom. Mrs. Van Solen as a matron in middle life received Miles, Custer, Sherman, Sheridan, Grant and other great warriors of the sixties and seventies. It was on the old Parkin ranch that Tom Custer, brother of General Custer, single-handed took Rain in the Face, the humiliation whose imprisonment at Fort Lincoln and his subsequent escape did much to promote the Sitting Bull uprising which culminated in the massacre of Little Big Horn where both of the Custers fell victims to the red man's vengeance.
Mrs. Van Solen. being partly of their own blood, had a great influence among the Sioux of Dakota territory, and it was always exerted for good. North Dakota probably never will know how much it owed this pioneer woman for her aid at times when the fate of the few whites who occupied this territory hung in the balance, and when the war drums sounded in scores of hostile camps.
The deceased is survived by her only daughter, Miss Lucille Van Solen, who was at her bedside when the end came, and by three nephews—Leo Harmon of Manistique, Mich. Richard Harmon of Fort Yates, and Louis C. Parkin, who is with the U. S. engineering corps in Germany.
-TRIBAL SERVICES THURSDAY-
The remains of Mrs. Van Solen will be taken Wednesday to the ranch home near Solen. where tribal funeral services will be held by the Sioux of Standing Rock reservation Thursday afternoon. Friday afternoon the final rites of Mrs. Van Solen's church will be conducted by Rev. Father Bernard of Fort Yates, and the remains will be laid to rest in the Van Solen burial plot, on the ranch.
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She was re-interred at St. Peters Church Cemetery when a dam was built near the Cannonball Ranch Cemetery at Fort Yates.
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Memorial photo is of Maria Louisa (left) and her daughter Lucille.
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-PIONEER WOMAN OF EARLY DAYS ANSWERS CALL-
Mrs. Marie Louise Van Solen, Famous Throughout Northwest, Is Dead
-WAS SAVIOUR OF WHITES-
Influence With Indians Always Used in Times of Stress For Good.
Mrs. Marie Louise Picotte Van Solen, one of the most influential pioneer women of the northwest and one who played an important part in writing the early history of Dakota territory passed away at a local hospital at 3 this morning after an extended illness.
The deceased was born in what later became Dakota territory in 1831, her maiden name being Marie Picotte, and her father being one of the first Frenchmen to establish a permanent home in the upper Missouri valley. All of her life was spent in the Dakota country, where in her early womanhood she married G. L. Van Solen, one of the prominent frontiersmen of the early days, with whom for many years she made her home on the princely Parkin ranch. upon which the town of Solen is now located.
Mrs. Solen came from a heroic race of woman in whose veins flowed the blood of both the old and the new lords of the land, and she was related to the Galpins, Parkins and Harmons, about whose life in the early days of the conquest of the upper Missouri so much romantic lore has come down to present generations.
At the Parkin ranch, whose cattle grazed over a territory as large as an old-world kingdom. Mrs. Van Solen as a matron in middle life received Miles, Custer, Sherman, Sheridan, Grant and other great warriors of the sixties and seventies. It was on the old Parkin ranch that Tom Custer, brother of General Custer, single-handed took Rain in the Face, the humiliation whose imprisonment at Fort Lincoln and his subsequent escape did much to promote the Sitting Bull uprising which culminated in the massacre of Little Big Horn where both of the Custers fell victims to the red man's vengeance.
Mrs. Van Solen. being partly of their own blood, had a great influence among the Sioux of Dakota territory, and it was always exerted for good. North Dakota probably never will know how much it owed this pioneer woman for her aid at times when the fate of the few whites who occupied this territory hung in the balance, and when the war drums sounded in scores of hostile camps.
The deceased is survived by her only daughter, Miss Lucille Van Solen, who was at her bedside when the end came, and by three nephews—Leo Harmon of Manistique, Mich. Richard Harmon of Fort Yates, and Louis C. Parkin, who is with the U. S. engineering corps in Germany.
-TRIBAL SERVICES THURSDAY-
The remains of Mrs. Van Solen will be taken Wednesday to the ranch home near Solen. where tribal funeral services will be held by the Sioux of Standing Rock reservation Thursday afternoon. Friday afternoon the final rites of Mrs. Van Solen's church will be conducted by Rev. Father Bernard of Fort Yates, and the remains will be laid to rest in the Van Solen burial plot, on the ranch.
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She was re-interred at St. Peters Church Cemetery when a dam was built near the Cannonball Ranch Cemetery at Fort Yates.
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Memorial photo is of Maria Louisa (left) and her daughter Lucille.
The Bismarck Tribune, March 09, 1920
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-PIONEER WOMAN OF EARLY DAYS ANSWERS CALL-
Mrs. Marie Louise Van Solen, Famous Throughout Northwest, Is Dead
-WAS SAVIOUR OF WHITES-
Influence With Indians Always Used in Times of Stress For Good.
Mrs. Marie Louise Picotte Van Solen, one of the most influential pioneer women of the northwest and one who played an important part in writing the early history of Dakota territory passed away at a local hospital at 3 this morning after an extended illness.
The deceased was born in what later became Dakota territory in 1831, her maiden name being Marie Picotte, and her father being one of the first Frenchmen to establish a permanent home in the upper Missouri valley. All of her life was spent in the Dakota country, where in her early womanhood she married G. L. Van Solen, one of the prominent frontiersmen of the early days, with whom for many years she made her home on the princely Parkin ranch. upon which the town of Solen is now located.
Mrs. Solen came from a heroic race of woman in whose veins flowed the blood of both the old and the new lords of the land, and she was related to the Galpins, Parkins and Harmons, about whose life in the early days of the conquest of the upper Missouri so much romantic lore has come down to present generations.
At the Parkin ranch, whose cattle grazed over a territory as large as an old-world kingdom. Mrs. Van Solen as a matron in middle life received Miles, Custer, Sherman, Sheridan, Grant and other great warriors of the sixties and seventies. It was on the old Parkin ranch that Tom Custer, brother of General Custer, single-handed took Rain in the Face, the humiliation whose imprisonment at Fort Lincoln and his subsequent escape did much to promote the Sitting Bull uprising which culminated in the massacre of Little Big Horn where both of the Custers fell victims to the red man's vengeance.
Mrs. Van Solen. being partly of their own blood, had a great influence among the Sioux of Dakota territory, and it was always exerted for good. North Dakota probably never will know how much it owed this pioneer woman for her aid at times when the fate of the few whites who occupied this territory hung in the balance, and when the war drums sounded in scores of hostile camps.
The deceased is survived by her only daughter, Miss Lucille Van Solen, who was at her bedside when the end came, and by three nephews—Leo Harmon of Manistique, Mich. Richard Harmon of Fort Yates, and Louis C. Parkin, who is with the U. S. engineering corps in Germany.
-TRIBAL SERVICES THURSDAY-
The remains of Mrs. Van Solen will be taken Wednesday to the ranch home near Solen. where tribal funeral services will be held by the Sioux of Standing Rock reservation Thursday afternoon. Friday afternoon the final rites of Mrs. Van Solen's church will be conducted by Rev. Father Bernard of Fort Yates, and the remains will be laid to rest in the Van Solen burial plot, on the ranch.
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She was re-interred at St. Peters Church Cemetery when a dam was built near the Cannonball Ranch Cemetery at Fort Yates.
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Memorial photo is of Maria Louisa (left) and her daughter Lucille.
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-PIONEER WOMAN OF EARLY DAYS ANSWERS CALL-
Mrs. Marie Louise Van Solen, Famous Throughout Northwest, Is Dead
-WAS SAVIOUR OF WHITES-
Influence With Indians Always Used in Times of Stress For Good.
Mrs. Marie Louise Picotte Van Solen, one of the most influential pioneer women of the northwest and one who played an important part in writing the early history of Dakota territory passed away at a local hospital at 3 this morning after an extended illness.
The deceased was born in what later became Dakota territory in 1831, her maiden name being Marie Picotte, and her father being one of the first Frenchmen to establish a permanent home in the upper Missouri valley. All of her life was spent in the Dakota country, where in her early womanhood she married G. L. Van Solen, one of the prominent frontiersmen of the early days, with whom for many years she made her home on the princely Parkin ranch. upon which the town of Solen is now located.
Mrs. Solen came from a heroic race of woman in whose veins flowed the blood of both the old and the new lords of the land, and she was related to the Galpins, Parkins and Harmons, about whose life in the early days of the conquest of the upper Missouri so much romantic lore has come down to present generations.
At the Parkin ranch, whose cattle grazed over a territory as large as an old-world kingdom. Mrs. Van Solen as a matron in middle life received Miles, Custer, Sherman, Sheridan, Grant and other great warriors of the sixties and seventies. It was on the old Parkin ranch that Tom Custer, brother of General Custer, single-handed took Rain in the Face, the humiliation whose imprisonment at Fort Lincoln and his subsequent escape did much to promote the Sitting Bull uprising which culminated in the massacre of Little Big Horn where both of the Custers fell victims to the red man's vengeance.
Mrs. Van Solen. being partly of their own blood, had a great influence among the Sioux of Dakota territory, and it was always exerted for good. North Dakota probably never will know how much it owed this pioneer woman for her aid at times when the fate of the few whites who occupied this territory hung in the balance, and when the war drums sounded in scores of hostile camps.
The deceased is survived by her only daughter, Miss Lucille Van Solen, who was at her bedside when the end came, and by three nephews—Leo Harmon of Manistique, Mich. Richard Harmon of Fort Yates, and Louis C. Parkin, who is with the U. S. engineering corps in Germany.
-TRIBAL SERVICES THURSDAY-
The remains of Mrs. Van Solen will be taken Wednesday to the ranch home near Solen. where tribal funeral services will be held by the Sioux of Standing Rock reservation Thursday afternoon. Friday afternoon the final rites of Mrs. Van Solen's church will be conducted by Rev. Father Bernard of Fort Yates, and the remains will be laid to rest in the Van Solen burial plot, on the ranch.
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She was re-interred at St. Peters Church Cemetery when a dam was built near the Cannonball Ranch Cemetery at Fort Yates.
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Memorial photo is of Maria Louisa (left) and her daughter Lucille.
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